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fortran77

40,918 karma · joined June 16, 2019

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Tel Aviv, Israel / St. Charles, Missouri

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fortran77··on Grok and the A.I. Porn Problem
https://archive.ph/rSvgq
fortran77··on Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales
> The correct interpretation for most people is "I bought my car because it was a good car and now for reasons beyond my control it may appear to be a political statement. Also sorry for giving that guy money, I didn't know he would spend it on Trump."

No, he had it right. Those stickers are idiotic. It won't make anyone like them any better. Sell the car if you don't like it that much.

fortran77··on Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales
Then sell the car. Putting the sticker on the car won't make you look good in the eyes of either Elon fans or Elon detractors.
fortran77··on Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales
I'm surprised S sales are so low. I would have thought they'd be much better than the cybertruck.
fortran77··on SparkFun Officially Dropping AdaFruit due to CoC Violation
I was once told I couldn’t present a calorie counting/diet app at an Elm conference because it violated their CoC about discrimination based on “body size”.
fortran77··on SparkFun Officially Dropping AdaFruit due to CoC Violation
Yes. They really should have just put a notice up that they're no longer distributing AdaFruit products and direct people to Adafruit website.
fortran77··on Maggots, an efficient source of protein
> People also rejected fudge shaped like dog feces

Have you ever seen the popular Halloween party food "Cat Litter Box Cookies"?

Here's some examples: https://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/302/Litterbox_Cookies...

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/15195/cat-poop-cookies-ii/

In my experience, people don't mind eating them. We served them at a Humane Society event once.

fortran77··on AI generated music barred from Bandcamp
I only go to massage parlors that display their ASCAP or BMI license in the window. I wouldn't be happy getting an ending if some musician is being ripped off.
fortran77··on There's a Limit to How Many Calories Humans Can Burn–Even Ultramarathoners
Gift link: https://www.wsj.com/science/ultramarathon-metabolic-ceiling-...
fortran77··on America's Biggest Power Grid Operator Has an AI Problem–Too Many Data Centers
Gift link: https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/power-grid-ai-data-c...
fortran77··on Ozempic is changing the foods Americans buy
People know in GLP-1 will tell me it “changed their metabolism”. Few fat people want to admit that they’re simply eating less, and if they ate less without drugs they’d also lose weight.

I worry that eventually fat people on GLP-1 will figure out a way to over eat, just as people with stomach reduction learned to sip calories all day long and get fat again…

fortran77··on The Chinese Company Taking on the Memory-Chip Giants
Gift link: https://www.wsj.com/tech/the-chinese-company-taking-on-the-w...
fortran77··on Meta Unveils Nuclear-Power Plan to Fuel Its AI Ambitions
What could possibly go wrong, giving nukes to AI?
fortran77··on Meta Unveils Nuclear-Power Plan to Fuel Its AI Ambitions
Gift link: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-unveils-sweeping-nuclear-po...
fortran77··on Japanese electronics store pleads for old PCs amid ongoing hardware shortage
They should open one for spicy Jamaican chicken
fortran77··on Bose has released API docs and opened the API for its EoL SoundTouch speakers
I believe that if someone (or some company) changes their ways we should accept that and not condemn them forever.
fortran77··on My Snapdragon Dev Kit was healthy and working fine until a Windows update failed
> This just feels like an appeal to anti-Microsoft clicks

Exactly. Did you notice the one comment on his blog? It's a Linux zealot saying "Linux".

fortran77··on My Snapdragon Dev Kit was healthy and working fine until a Windows update failed
THere's a chance that there was a hardware failure and _that's_ why the update was failing. And not a failed update that caused the hardware failure.

Either way, may the memroy of your Snapdragon Dev Kit be a blessing.

fortran77··on The 'Growler' Signal-Jamming Jet That Helped Capture Nicolás Maduro
Gift link: https://www.wsj.com/world/the-growler-signal-jamming-jet-tha...
fortran77··on America Needs a Transcontinental Railroad
Unlocked link: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/america-needs-a-transcontinental...
fortran77··on [dead]
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/01/elon-musks-po...
fortran77··on Subway and Bus Fare Rises to $3 in New York City on Sunday
A far cry from "free."
fortran77··on Subway and Bus Fare Rises to $3 in New York City on Sunday
https://archive.ph/m2xth
fortran77··on The year of the 3D printed miniature and other lies we tell ourselves
3D printed miniatures are best printed not on FDM machines (the kind most hobbiest have) but on SLA machines. I'm not a gamer, but for Model Railroading, FDM 3D printing has changed the way a lot of modeling of architecture is done. For printing little HO scale people, SLA is a must -- and it's too messy/smelly/dangerous for me to deal with.
fortran77··on The Great Gatsby is the most misunderstood novel (2021)
I think readers are free to interpret a work of fiction any way they choose to, and nobody should be chided for "misunderstanding" anything.
fortran77··on Inside Elon Musk's Optimus Robot Project
Gift link: https://www.wsj.com/tech/elon-musk-optimus-robots-7196d53e?s...
fortran77··on Albert Einstein's Brilliant Politics
https://archive.ph/eP7O0
fortran77··on Kraft Heinz Lost Its Lock on Mac and Cheese–and American Shoppers
Gift link: https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/kraft-heinz-mac-cheese-s...
fortran77··on A Christmas Present to Myself – Vector Network Analyzer (2014)
Today you can get the NanoVNA which is the same concept but much more accessible with built in display.
fortran77··on The Sounds of Long Distance pgm 13: DDD Demo Recordings 1971-1975 [video]
Happy dialing!
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